Program

  • BREAKFAST & CHECK IN
    8:00-8:45 AM
  • NEW FACULTY INTRODUCTIONS
    Thomas Montine, MD, PhD
    8:45-9:00 AM
  • INTRODUCTION FROM THE CHAIR OF THE RESEACH COMMITTEE
    Scott Boyd, MD

    9:00-9:01 AM
  • KEYNOTE SPEAKER
    Stephen Galli, MD
    "Figuring out why we have Mast Cells"
    9:01-9:45 AM
  • GALLI AWARD INTRODUCTION
    9:46-9:50 AM
  • SPECIAL GUEST AND WINNER OF THE GALLI PRIZE
    Zachary Walsh, MD, PhD
    "Dissecting the Human Immune 'Variome'"
    9:50-10:05 AM
  • BREAK
    10:05-10:30 AM
  • RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS
    (12 minute talks with 3 minutes of Q&A)
  • Muharrem Yunce, MD
    "The Practice Patterns of Plasma Exchange and Extracorporeal Photopheresis in Thoracic Transplants"
    10:30-10:45 AM
  • Edgar Engleman, MD
    "Identifying the Mechanism Responsible for Peripheral Immune Tolerance and Blocking it for the Treatment of Cancer"
    10:45-11:00 AM
  • Christoph Thaiss, PhD
    "Body-brain Interactions: A New Frontier in Biomedicine"
    11:00-11:15 AM
  • Birgitt Schuele, MD
    "Stories of Neurodegeneration: Fieldwork, Gene Therapy, and Resilience"
    11:15-11:30 PM
  • Jody E. Hooper, MD
    "Brave New World:  The Autopsy as a Tool of Cutting-Edge Research"
    11:30-11:45 AM
  • Jonathan T.C. Liu, PhD
    "Non-destructive 3D Pathology and Analysis for Optimizing Treatments"
    11:45 AM -12:00 PM
  • WHITLOCK PRIZE AWARDS
    Suchitra Pandey, MD
    12:00-12:05 PM
  • LUNCH IS SERVED
    12:05-1:00 PM
  • *FLASH TALKS
    1:00-1:50 PM
  • BREAK
    1:50-2:20 PM
  • POSTER SESSION 1
    2:20-3:20 PM
  • POSTER SESSION 2
    3:20-4:20 PM
  • RETREAT WRAP-UP/RETREAT AWARDS AND CLOSING REMARKS
    Thomas Montine, MD, PhD

    4:20-5:00 PM